The Emotional Lift of a Deadline Deal

[Big333223]

For my 2,000th post:

The Celtics are 3-3 since the all star break. Not adding someone at the deadline shouldn't mean anything since they have the same team that won more than 60% of its games prior to the deadline. But I wonder if there isn't an emotional lift to shaking things up a bit. The NBA season is long and these are the doldrums. These are the hardest days to grind out. Everyone has been playing for a long time and the playoffs are in sight but there is still a long way to go.

You never want to make a deal simply for the sake of making a deal but maybe bringing in a new personality can make things feel a little fresher and make these dog days a little easier to get through, even if it had been a small acquisition that wouldn't make a big impact on paper.

Ultimately, that won't determine anything long term but sometimes playoff seeding matters and sometimes having a better record could give players more confidence. Losing winnable games is never a good thing.

[adam8]

For my 2,000th post:

The Celtics are 3-3 since the all star break. Not adding someone at the deadline shouldn't mean anything since they have the same team that won more than 60% of its games prior to the deadline. But I wonder if there isn't an emotional lift to shaking things up a bit. The NBA season is long and these are the doldrums. These are the hardest days to grind out. Everyone has been playing for a long time and the playoffs are in sight but there is still a long way to go.

You never want to make a deal simply for the sake of making a deal but maybe bringing in a new personality can make things feel a little fresher and make these dog days a little easier to get through, even if it had been a small acquisition that wouldn't make a big impact on paper.

Ultimately, that won't determine anything long term but sometimes playoff seeding matters and sometimes having a better record could give players more confidence. Losing winnable games is never a good thing.

I think deadline deals have a much better chance of going the other way, taking a guy out of the locker room who may have been well liked and respected can shake up chemistry, i.e. Kendrick Perkins.

We are in a lull right now, IT is forcing the action a little more than he was before and teams are playing him really tight daring him to shoot over tough defense. They are who we nought they were just going through a tough stretch, they will figure it out and be playing good ball by the times the playoffs hit.

[Big333223]

For my 2,000th post:

The Celtics are 3-3 since the all star break. Not adding someone at the deadline shouldn't mean anything since they have the same team that won more than 60% of its games prior to the deadline. But I wonder if there isn't an emotional lift to shaking things up a bit. The NBA season is long and these are the doldrums. These are the hardest days to grind out. Everyone has been playing for a long time and the playoffs are in sight but there is still a long way to go.

You never want to make a deal simply for the sake of making a deal but maybe bringing in a new personality can make things feel a little fresher and make these dog days a little easier to get through, even if it had been a small acquisition that wouldn't make a big impact on paper.

Ultimately, that won't determine anything long term but sometimes playoff seeding matters and sometimes having a better record could give players more confidence. Losing winnable games is never a good thing.

I think deadline deals have a much better chance of going the other way, taking a guy out of the locker room who may have been well liked and respected can shake up chemistry, i.e. Kendrick Perkins.

We are in a lull right now, IT is forcing the action a little more than he was before and teams are playing him really tight daring him to shoot over tough defense. They are who we nought they were just going through a tough stretch, they will figure it out and be playing good ball by the times the playoffs hit.

That's certainly a possibility. But even in that case the Celtics won their first 5 games after the Perkins/Green swap, before going on a bit of a tumble because they had no starting center. I think even in that case you could argue there was a bit of a lift in excitement that came from adding a new face.